A process to produce at least carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide from a feed gas containing carbon dioxide, hydrogen and carbon monoxide; comprises separating at least part of the carbon dioxide from the compressed feed gas by partial condensation and/or distillation producing a carbon dioxide product and a carbon dioxide depleted stream, treating the carbon dioxide depleted stream in a treatment unit to produce a feed stream containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen, less rich in carbon dioxide than the carbon dioxide depleted stream and feeding at least part of the feed stream containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen to a separation unit operating at cryogenic temperatures to produce a carbon monoxide product.
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4. A process to produce at least carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide from a feed gas containing carbon dioxide, hydrogen and carbon monoxide; the process comprising the steps of:
a) compressing the feed gas to a pressure higher than 25 bar abs;
b) separating at least part of the carbon dioxide from the compressed feed gas thereby producing a carbon dioxide product and a carbon dioxide depleted stream, wherein the separation is done using a technique selected from the group consisting of partial condensation, distillation, and combinations thereof:
c) treating the carbon dioxide depleted stream in a treatment unit to produce a feed stream containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen, wherein the feed steam is less rich in carbon dioxide than the carbon dioxide depleted stream, said feed stream containing at least 30% mol of carbon monoxide, and
d) feeding at least part of the feed stream containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen to a separation unit operating at cryogenic temperatures to produce a carbon monoxide product,
wherein the treatment unit includes a permeation unit for separating the carbon dioxide depleted stream to reduce its carbon dioxide content and produce the feed stream containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen or a stream from which the feed stream is derived.
1. A process to produce at least carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide from a feed gas containing carbon dioxide, hydrogen and carbon monoxide; the process comprising the steps of:
a) compressing the feed gas to a pressure higher than 25 bar abs;
b) separating at least part of the carbon dioxide from the compressed feed gas thereby producing a carbon dioxide product and a carbon dioxide depleted stream, wherein the separation is done using a technique selected from the group consisting of partial condensation, distillation, and combinations thereof;
c) treating the carbon dioxide depleted stream in a treatment unit to produce a feed stream containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen, wherein the feed stream is less rich in carbon dioxide than the carbon dioxide depleted stream, said feed stream containing at least 30% mol of carbon monoxide; and
d) feeding at least part of the feed stream containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen to a separation unit operating at cryogenic temperatures to produce a carbon monoxide product,
wherein the feed gas is a tail gas from a pressure swing adsorption unit (PSA) producing a hydrogen rich product,
wherein the treatment unit produces a hydrogen containing stream as well as the feed stream and the hydrogen containing stream is sent to the inlet of the pressure swing adsorption unit.
12. An apparatus to produce at least carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide from a feed gas containing carbon dioxide, hydrogen and carbon monoxide; comprising:
means for separating at least part of the carbon dioxide from the feed gas at a pressure higher than 25 bar abs by partial condensation and/or distillation producing a carbon dioxide product and a carbon dioxide depleted stream;
a treatment unit configured to treat the carbon dioxide depleted stream to produce a feed stream containing carbon monoxide and a hydrogen containing stream wherein the feed stream is less rich in carbon dioxide than the carbon dioxide depleted stream;
a separation unit configured to operate at cryogenic temperatures by distillation and/or stripping and/or partial condensation;
a conduit for feeding at least part of the feed stream containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen from the treatment unit to the separation unit;
a conduit for removing a carbon monoxide product from the separation unit;
wherein the treatment unit is in fluid communication with a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit, such that the PSA unit is configured to receive the hydrogen containing stream from the treatment unit,
wherein the PSA unit is in fluid communication with the means for separating at least part of the carbon dioxide from the feed gas, wherein the feed gas is a tail gas from a pressure swing adsorption unit (PSA) producing a hydrogen rich product.
8. A process to produce at least carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide from a feed gas containing carbon dioxide, hydrogen and carbon monoxide; the process comprising the steps of:
a) compressing the feed gas to pressure higher than 25 bar abs;
b) separating at least part of the carbon dioxide from the compressed feed gas thereby producing a carbon dioxide product and a carbon dioxide depleted stream wherein the separation is done using a technique selected from the group consisting of partial condensation, distillation, and combinations thereof:
c) treating the carbon dioxide depleted stream in a treatment unit to produce a feed stream containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen, wherein the feed stream is less rich in carbon dioxide than the carbon dioxide depleted stream, said feed stream containing at least 30% mol of carbon monoxide, and
d) feeding at least part of the feed stream containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen to a separation unit operating at cryogenic temperatures to produce a carbon monoxide product,
wherein the carbon dioxide depleted stream contains carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, the treatment unit is used to reduce the carbon monoxide content of the carbon dioxide depleted stream, producing an intermediate stream and the treatment unit includes a further separation step in which the intermediate stream is treated by adsorption and/or absorption and/or permeation to produce the feed stream containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen and a carbon dioxide enriched stream.
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This application is a § 371 of International PCT Application PCT/EP2014/075024, filed Nov. 19, 2014, which claims the benefit of EP13306581, filed Nov. 19, 2013, both of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entireties.
The present invention relates to a process and apparatus for the production of CO and CO2.
By “production of CO”, the production of a liquid or gaseous stream containing at least 40% mol. or at least 60%, or at least 90% carbon monoxide should be understood. The stream may contain at most 60% mol. hydrogen or at least 50% mol. hydrogen.
By “production of CO2”, the production of a liquid or gaseous stream containing at least 60% mol. carbon dioxide should be understood.
Steam Methane Reforming plants have the ability to produce pure hydrogen, as well as CO or combinations or mixtures thereof. For environmental reasons or other economical drivers, it is becoming more and more important in new projects to include plans to be capture-ready and include a CO2 capture solution. This is also the case for hydrogen production plants such as SMR plants.
US-A-2012/0121497A describes a solution for efficient capture of CO2 from an SMR plant:
Separation in a PSA to remove hydrogen followed by compression and subambiant temperature separation is described in EP-A-1869385.
Traditionally, when a CO co-production is required in a project, CO is produced from the synthesis gas before the high temperature shift, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,861,351. In a case with CO production and CO2 capture, the obvious solution would be to have one part of the syngas treated before shift by the CO cold box and the other part treated through two sets of shifts (HT Shift followed by LT Shift) and to have the CPU located on the PSA off gas.
In certain embodiments, this invention relates to a simplified and optimized process to produce CO and CO2 from a source such as a hydrogen production plant or other suitable sources, such as a blast furnace.
In one embodiment, the location of the CO production in the system is fundamentally changed in a case including CO2 capture, by producing CO from the CO2 depleted gas of the CPU or possibly from the residue of the membrane used to separate the CO2 depleted gas of the CPU. One example of a process, according to the invention, would consist in:
One option for the treatment of the CO2 depleted gas is:
The feed gas may be produced by: use of a High Temperature Shift, followed by separation of the shifted syngas through a Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) to form the feed gas which is the PSA tail gas and a hydrogen rich product.
In this case, the inlet temperature of the HT shift can be adjusted virtually to keep exactly the amount of CO production needed in the CO cold box.
This process provides an optimized integration of the CO and the CO2 production. In particular it reduces notably the size of the CO cryogenic separation plant because of significantly increased CO content at the inlet.
Economical analysis shows large associated savings, mostly in terms of investment. Typically 5-10% reduction of the total investment for CO2 capture and CO production can be expected.
According to one object of the invention, there is provided a process to produce at least carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide from a feed gas containing carbon dioxide, hydrogen and carbon monoxide; comprising at least the following steps:
a) Compressing the feed gas to a pressure higher than 25 bar abs,
b) Separating at least part of the carbon dioxide from the compressed feed gas by partial condensation and/or distillation producing a carbon dioxide product and a carbon dioxide depleted stream,
c) Treating the carbon dioxide depleted stream in a treatment unit to produce a feed stream containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen, less rich in carbon dioxide than the carbon dioxide depleted stream, said feed stream containing less than 30% carbon dioxide and
d) Feeding at least part of the feed stream containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen to a separation unit operating at cryogenic temperatures to produce a carbon monoxide product.
Optional features include:
According to another object of the invention, there is provided an apparatus to produce at least carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide from a feed gas containing carbon dioxide, hydrogen and carbon monoxide; comprising: means for separating at least part of the carbon dioxide from the feed gas at a pressure higher than 25 bar abs by partial condensation and/or distillation producing a carbon dioxide product and a carbon dioxide depleted stream, a treatment unit for treating the carbon dioxide depleted stream to produce a feed stream containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen, less rich in carbon dioxide than the carbon dioxide depleted stream, a separation unit capable of operating at cryogenic temperatures by distillation and/or stripping and/or partial condensation, a conduit for feeding at least part of the feed stream containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen to the separation unit and a conduit for removing a carbon monoxide product from the separation unit.
The apparatus may additionally comprise:
Where the carbon dioxide depleted stream contains carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, the treatment unit may be capable of reducing the carbon monoxide content of the carbon dioxide depleted stream, producing an intermediate stream and the treatment unit includes a further separation unit in which the intermediate stream is treated by adsorption and/or absorption and/or permeation to produce the feed stream containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen and a carbon dioxide enriched stream.
The separation unit capable of operating at cryogenic temperatures may be a partial condensation unit, a methane wash unit or a carbon monoxide wash unit.
The feed gas is preferably obtained as the off-gas of a pressure swing adsorption unit. This pressure swing adsorption unit typically produces hydrogen as a first product, at elevated pressure.
The overall process therefore produces at least two products in the following order:
It may produce three products in the following order:
These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with regard to the following description, claims, and accompanying drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the drawings illustrate only several embodiments of the invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of the invention's scope as it can admit to other equally effective embodiments.
The process will be described in greater detail with reference to the figures which shows processes according to the invention.
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The residual gas 5 is compressed to a pressure higher than 25 bar abs and separated in a CPU at a subambient temperature by partial condensation and/or distillation producing a carbon dioxide product and a carbon dioxide depleted stream. The carbon dioxide depleted stream 7 is treated in a treatment unit S to produce a feed stream 15 containing principally carbon monoxide and hydrogen and preferably less than 1%, or even less than 0.0099% carbon dioxide. Stream 15 is sent to a separation unit HYCO operating at cryogenic temperature by partial condensation and/or distillation to produce a stream containing at least 40% carbon monoxide, at least 60% carbon monoxide or at least 90% carbon monoxide. The stream may for example contain at least 40% carbon monoxide and less than 60% hydrogen.
The treatment unit S may also produce a stream 21 and/or a stream 9 containing carbon dioxide, preferably containing at least carbon dioxide.
In the figure, stream 21 is sent upstream of the PSA unit and stream 9 is sent upstream of the CPU unit.
The separation unit HYCO may also produce a stream 19 containing methane which is sent back to the synthesis gas generator as fuel. The separation unit HYCO may also produce a stream 17 rich in hydrogen, containing at least 50% hydrogen. This stream is sent upstream of the hydrogen PSA.
To illustrate the contents of treatment unit 7,
Here the stream 7 depleted in carbon dioxide is separated using the permeation unit M to form a stream 11 still further reduced in carbon dioxide and enriched in methane and carbon monoxide.
Stream 11 is sent to the amine wash MDEA to produce feed steam 15 containing principally methane, hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
Feed stream 15 is separated in a cryogenic separation unit HYCO for example by a partial condensation process. The use of a methane wash process or a carbon monoxide wash process is also a possibility.
This produces a carbon monoxide rich stream containing at least 40% carbon monoxide, a methane enriched stream 19 which is sent back to the synthesis gas generator as fuel and a hydrogen rich stream 17 which is sent upstream of the PSA unit.
The carbon dioxide enriched stream 13 produced by the amine wash is sent to the CPU.
The table below shows molar percentage purities for the streams of
Inlet stream
Residue stream
Stream 15
7 to
11 from
feeding HYCO
PSA
membrane
membrane
unit after CO2
off-gas 5
unit M
unit M
removal
CO2
46.5%
16.2%
8.2%
0.0%
Methane
10.1%
14.4%
32.8%
35.8%
Hydrogen
25.1%
43.4%
10.1%
11.0%
CO
16.2%
24.0%
44.7%
48.8%
H2O
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Nitrogen
1.4%
2.0%
4.1%
4.4%
While the invention has been described in conjunction with specific embodiments thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications, and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art in light of the foregoing description. Accordingly, it is intended to embrace all such alternatives, modifications, and variations as fall within the spirit and broad scope of the appended claims. The present invention may suitably comprise, consist or consist essentially of the elements disclosed and may be practiced in the absence of an element not disclosed. Furthermore, if there is language referring to order, such as first and second, it should be understood in an exemplary sense and not in a limiting sense. For example, it can be recognized by those skilled in the art that certain steps can be combined into a single step.
The singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” include plural referents, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
“Comprising” in a claim is an open transitional term which means the subsequently identified claim elements are a nonexclusive listing (i.e., anything else may be additionally included and remain within the scope of “comprising”). “Comprising” as used herein may be replaced by the more limited transitional terms “consisting essentially of” and “consisting of” unless otherwise indicated herein.
“Providing” in a claim is defined to mean furnishing, supplying, making available, or preparing something. The step may be performed by any actor in the absence of express language in the claim to the contrary.
Optional or optionally means that the subsequently described event or circumstances may or may not occur. The description includes instances where the event or circumstance occurs and instances where it does not occur.
Ranges may be expressed herein as from about one particular value, and/or to about another particular value. When such a range is expressed, it is to be understood that another embodiment is from the one particular value and/or to the other particular value, along with all combinations within said range.
All references identified herein are each hereby incorporated by reference into this application in their entireties, as well as for the specific information for which each is cited.
Terrien, Paul, Hernandez, Antoine
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